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school,<00:14:12.759><c> gone</c><00:14:12.860><c> right</c>

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it.<00:14:26.820><c> But</c><00:14:27.000><c> often</c><00:14:27.279><c> because</c><00:14:27.720><c> these</c><00:14:28.000><c> things</c><00:14:28.159><c> happen</c><00:14:28.440><c> so</c><00:14:28.720><c> nicely,</c>

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rekindle<00:15:43.419><c> that</c><00:15:43.740><c> fire</c><00:15:44.019><c> within</c><00:15:44.259><c> us,</c>

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ministered<00:19:10.539><c> to</c><00:19:10.660><c> my</c><00:19:10.900><c> wants.</c><00:19:11.099><c> So</c><00:19:11.460><c> they</c><00:19:11.819><c> send</c><00:19:12.039><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:19:12.720><c> back</c><00:19:13.039><c> to</c>

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Paul.<00:19:14.420><c> Now</c><00:19:14.660><c> he</c><00:19:14.799><c> says,</c>

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heaviness<00:19:23.640><c> because</c><00:19:25.079><c> you'd</c><00:19:25.559><c> heard</c><00:19:26.160><c> that</c><00:19:26.559><c> he'd</c><00:19:26.660><c> been</c><00:19:26.960><c> sick.</c><00:19:28.799><c> Isn't</c><00:19:28.980><c> that</c><00:19:29.220><c> amazing?</c><00:19:30.000><c> He</c>

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was<00:19:30.299><c> full</c>

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of<00:19:30.700><c> heaviness</c><00:19:31.220><c> because</c><00:19:31.779><c> he</c><00:19:32.119><c> had</c><00:19:32.380><c> heard</c><00:19:32.799><c> that</c><00:19:33.059><c> you</c><00:19:33.259><c> knew</c><00:19:33.400><c> he</c><00:19:33.539><c> was</c><00:19:33.759><c> sick.</c><00:19:35.019><c> Look</c><00:19:35.140><c> at</c><00:19:35.180><c> those</c>

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amazing<00:19:36.279><c> connections.</c><00:19:38.440><c> Look</c><00:19:38.579><c> at</c><00:19:38.720><c> the</c><00:19:38.980><c> love,</c><00:19:40.359><c> the</c><00:19:40.740><c> consideration</c><00:19:41.259><c> that's</c>

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floating<00:19:41.859><c> between</c>

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them.<00:19:43.759><c> Love</c><00:19:44.000><c> is</c><00:19:44.319><c> dominating</c><00:19:44.759><c> that</c><00:19:45.099><c> scene,</c><00:19:46.000><c> just</c><00:19:46.400><c> dominating</c>

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it.<00:19:48.140><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:19:48.900><c> was</c><00:19:49.240><c> sick</c><00:19:49.940><c> and</c>

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things<00:19:54.680><c> abounded</c><00:19:55.079><c> in</c>

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that<00:19:55.400><c> age.</c><00:19:56.160><c> Now</c><00:19:56.339><c> he</c><00:19:56.460><c> was</c><00:19:56.779><c> sick</c><00:19:57.079><c> and</c><00:19:57.519><c> he</c><00:19:57.740><c> longed</c><00:19:58.019><c> after</c><00:19:58.279><c> you</c><00:19:58.519><c> all</c>

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and<00:19:59.039><c> he</c><00:19:59.140><c> was</c><00:19:59.339><c> very</c><00:19:59.799><c> sad</c><00:20:00.519><c> when</c>

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he<00:20:01.440><c> realized</c><00:20:01.740><c> that</c><00:20:01.900><c> you</c><00:20:02.019><c> were</c><00:20:02.240><c> sad</c><00:20:02.799><c> because</c><00:20:03.359><c> you'd</c><00:20:03.599><c> heard</c><00:20:03.740><c> that</c><00:20:03.859><c> he</c>

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was<00:20:04.140><c> sick.</c><00:20:06.039><c> Isn't</c><00:20:06.240><c> that</c>

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incredible?<00:20:07.180><c> That</c><00:20:07.660><c> little</c><00:20:08.119><c> piece</c><00:20:08.400><c> of</c><00:20:08.720><c> information</c><00:20:09.380><c> is</c><00:20:10.160><c> recorded</c><00:20:10.799><c> in</c><00:20:11.500><c> the</c><00:20:11.779><c> Word</c><00:20:11.960><c> of</c>

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God<00:20:12.660><c> as</c><00:20:13.220><c> part</c><00:20:13.519><c> of</c><00:20:13.700><c> the</c><00:20:13.960><c> Word</c><00:20:14.160><c> of</c><00:20:14.380><c> God</c><00:20:14.799><c> alongside</c><00:20:15.400><c> the</c><00:20:15.700><c> great</c><00:20:15.980><c> doctrinal</c><00:20:16.619><c> foundations</c><00:20:17.359><c> of</c><00:20:20.660><c> the</c>

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scripture.<00:20:22.420><c> It's</c><00:20:22.839><c> part</c><00:20:23.140><c> of</c><00:20:23.259><c> the</c><00:20:23.480><c> divinely</c><00:20:23.880><c> inspired</c><00:20:24.359><c> record,</c>

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part<00:20:25.059><c> of</c><00:20:25.140><c> what</c><00:20:25.319><c> God</c>

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considers<00:20:26.039><c> you</c><00:20:26.299><c> and</c><00:20:26.460><c> I</c><00:20:26.579><c> need</c><00:20:26.740><c> for</c><00:20:26.960><c> salvation.</c><00:20:28.779><c> And</c><00:20:28.900><c> all</c><00:20:29.019><c> it's</c>

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saying<00:20:29.420><c> is,</c><00:20:30.480><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:20:31.160><c> was</c>

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very<00:20:31.720><c> sad</c><00:20:32.200><c> because</c><00:20:32.779><c> when</c><00:20:33.059><c> he</c><00:20:33.240><c> knew</c><00:20:33.400><c> that</c><00:20:33.579><c> you</c><00:20:33.759><c> were</c><00:20:33.940><c> sad</c><00:20:34.359><c> about</c>

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the<00:20:35.119><c> fact</c><00:20:35.259><c> that</c><00:20:35.440><c> you</c><00:20:35.559><c> knew</c>

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that<00:20:35.920><c> he</c><00:20:35.980><c> was</c><00:20:36.240><c> sick,</c><00:20:36.900><c> he</c><00:20:37.119><c> felt</c><00:20:37.359><c> worse.</c><00:20:39.759><c> In</c><00:20:40.039><c> other</c><00:20:40.259><c> words,</c><00:20:41.420><c> he</c>

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was<00:20:41.880><c> so</c><00:20:42.740><c> emotional</c><00:20:43.880><c> over</c><00:20:44.960><c> his</c>

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feelings<00:20:45.619><c> for</c><00:20:45.880><c> them</c><00:20:46.440><c> that</c><00:20:46.799><c> even</c><00:20:47.019><c> when</c><00:20:47.279><c> he</c><00:20:47.500><c> was</c><00:20:47.859><c> sick,</c><00:20:49.380><c> he</c><00:20:49.460><c> was</c>

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sad<00:20:49.920><c> that</c><00:20:50.019><c> they</c><00:20:50.240><c> were</c><00:20:50.420><c> sad.</c>

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Incredible,<00:20:53.140><c> isn't</c><00:20:53.240><c> it?</c><00:20:53.500><c> We</c><00:20:53.660><c> read</c><00:20:53.920><c> that</c><00:20:54.400><c> daily</c><00:20:54.640><c> readings,</c>

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goes<00:20:55.559><c> over</c><00:20:55.759><c> like</c><00:20:56.000><c> that,</c><00:20:56.740><c> it's</c><00:20:56.900><c> gone.</c>

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was<00:21:04.119><c> experiencing.</c><00:21:04.920><c> Look</c><00:21:05.099><c> at</c>

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verse<00:21:05.640><c> 27,</c><00:21:06.539><c> for</c><00:21:06.779><c> indeed</c><00:21:07.240><c> he</c><00:21:07.599><c> was</c><00:21:07.980><c> sick,</c><00:21:08.160><c> he</c><00:21:08.339><c> was</c><00:21:08.559><c> very</c><00:21:08.900><c> sick,</c>

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he<00:21:09.359><c> was</c><00:21:09.720><c> near</c><00:21:10.059><c> to</c><00:21:10.400><c> death.</c><00:21:14.599><c> That's</c>

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in<00:21:15.519><c> that</c><00:21:15.859><c> sickness</c><00:21:16.180><c> he</c><00:21:16.400><c> was</c><00:21:16.700><c> still</c><00:21:17.079><c> so</c><00:21:17.500><c> eaten</c><00:21:17.720><c> up</c><00:21:18.000><c> inside</c><00:21:18.339><c> over</c>

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his<00:21:18.839><c> love</c><00:21:19.220><c> and</c><00:21:19.720><c> care</c><00:21:20.079><c> for</c><00:21:20.380><c> his</c>

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brothers<00:21:20.799><c> and</c><00:21:21.019><c> sisters</c><00:21:21.200><c> at</c><00:21:21.380><c> Philippi.</c><00:21:21.960><c> But</c><00:21:22.220><c> God</c><00:21:22.519><c> had</c><00:21:22.880><c> mercy</c>

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on<00:21:23.460><c> him</c><00:21:23.619><c> and</c><00:21:23.720><c> not</c><00:21:23.920><c> on</c><00:21:24.119><c> him</c><00:21:24.299><c> only</c>

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but<00:21:24.680><c> also</c><00:21:25.099><c> on</c><00:21:25.359><c> me.</c><00:21:25.740><c> I</c><00:21:25.980><c> was</c><00:21:26.319><c> sick,</c><00:21:26.720><c> I</c><00:21:26.980><c> had</c><00:21:27.200><c> these</c><00:21:27.519><c> needs,</c><00:21:28.180><c> lest</c><00:21:28.299><c> I</c>

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should<00:21:28.779><c> have</c><00:21:29.660><c> sorrow</c><00:21:30.720><c> upon</c>

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sorrow.<00:21:35.920><c> What</c><00:21:36.480><c> was</c><00:21:36.819><c> he</c><00:21:37.180><c> so</c><00:21:37.740><c> sorrowful</c><00:21:38.180><c> about?</c><00:21:39.880><c> Because</c><00:21:40.279><c> he</c><00:21:40.400><c> was</c><00:21:40.619><c> in</c>

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chains,<00:21:42.140><c> because</c><00:21:42.400><c> he</c><00:21:42.519><c> was</c>

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a<00:21:43.220><c> prisoner,</c><00:21:44.119><c> because</c><00:21:44.460><c> he</c><00:21:44.579><c> might</c><00:21:44.740><c> have</c><00:21:44.819><c> faced</c><00:21:45.039><c> the</c><00:21:45.259><c> executioner,</c><00:21:47.259><c> because</c>

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he<00:21:47.779><c> was</c><00:21:47.960><c> sick.</c><00:21:48.799><c> Was</c>

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this<00:21:49.220><c> why</c><00:21:50.200><c> he</c><00:21:50.380><c> was</c><00:21:50.559><c> so</c><00:21:50.940><c> sorry?</c><00:21:52.960><c> No,</c><00:21:54.519><c> not</c><00:21:54.799><c> at</c><00:21:55.079><c> all.</c><00:21:56.859><c> He</c><00:21:57.039><c> was</c><00:21:57.279><c> happy</c><00:21:57.500><c> to</c>

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do<00:21:57.799><c> that</c><00:21:57.980><c> for</c><00:21:58.200><c> Christ,</c>

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rejoicing<00:21:59.839><c> in</c><00:21:59.960><c> it,</c><00:22:00.240><c> singing</c><00:22:00.660><c> psalms</c><00:22:01.119><c> in</c><00:22:01.259><c> it</c><00:22:01.359><c> for</c><00:22:01.519><c> Christ.</c><00:22:01.980><c> He</c>

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was<00:22:02.359><c> happy</c><00:22:02.640><c> to</c><00:22:02.839><c> suffer.</c><00:22:03.200><c> There's</c><00:22:03.480><c> no</c>

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sorrow<00:22:04.019><c> for</c><00:22:04.099><c> him</c><00:22:04.240><c> in</c><00:22:04.380><c> that.</c><00:22:04.640><c> What</c><00:22:04.779><c> was</c><00:22:05.019><c> his</c><00:22:05.299><c> sorrow?</c><00:22:05.900><c> His</c><00:22:06.299><c> sorrow,</c><00:22:06.759><c> brethren</c><00:22:06.960><c> and</c><00:22:07.259><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:22:08.160><c> his</c><00:22:09.279><c> feelings</c><00:22:10.160><c> for</c><00:22:10.900><c> the</c><00:22:11.140><c> welfare</c><00:22:11.480><c> of</c><00:22:11.740><c> his</c><00:22:11.960><c> brothers</c><00:22:12.259><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:22:12.819><c> in</c><00:22:13.119><c> Rome,</c><00:22:14.059><c> in</c><00:22:14.220><c> Philippi,</c>

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and<00:22:15.019><c> the</c><00:22:15.359><c> care</c><00:22:15.559><c> of</c><00:22:15.799><c> all</c><00:22:16.039><c> the</c><00:22:16.319><c> ecclesias</c><00:22:16.880><c> that</c><00:22:17.000><c> was</c><00:22:17.140><c> on</c><00:22:17.279><c> his</c><00:22:17.619><c> shoulders.</c><00:22:18.180><c> He</c>

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cared<00:22:18.980><c> for</c><00:22:19.240><c> them,</c>

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he<00:22:19.960><c> loved</c><00:22:20.220><c> them,</c><00:22:20.839><c> he</c><00:22:21.119><c> nurtured</c><00:22:21.559><c> them.</c><00:22:23.180><c> And</c><00:22:23.460><c> when</c><00:22:23.579><c> they</c><00:22:23.799><c> weren't</c><00:22:23.960><c> doing</c>

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too<00:22:24.519><c> well,</c><00:22:26.119><c> either</c>

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physically<00:22:26.920><c> or</c><00:22:27.940><c> more</c><00:22:28.279><c> importantly</c><00:22:29.140><c> spiritually,</c><00:22:30.720><c> he</c><00:22:31.420><c> was</c><00:22:31.660><c> so</c>

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sad,<00:22:33.640><c> tearing</c><00:22:33.940><c> his</c>

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heart<00:22:34.319><c> out.</c><00:22:37.160><c> Is</c><00:22:37.599><c> that</c><00:22:37.740><c> how</c><00:22:37.940><c> we</c><00:22:38.259><c> feel</c><00:22:38.500><c> about</c><00:22:38.819><c> our</c><00:22:39.059><c> brothers</c><00:22:39.259><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:22:41.579><c> When</c><00:22:41.779><c> we</c><00:22:42.079><c> hear</c><00:22:42.299><c> of</c><00:22:42.460><c> a</c>

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problem<00:22:42.940><c> in</c><00:22:43.099><c> an</c><00:22:43.259><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:43.680><c> somewhere,</c><00:22:45.200><c> we</c><00:22:45.440><c> hear</c><00:22:45.700><c> about</c><00:22:46.380><c> spiritual</c><00:22:47.200><c> difficulties,</c><00:22:47.900><c> we</c><00:22:48.240><c> hear</c>

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that<00:22:48.779><c> a</c><00:22:48.960><c> brother</c><00:22:49.119><c> or</c><00:22:49.319><c> a</c><00:22:49.500><c> sister</c><00:22:49.759><c> is</c><00:22:50.339><c> on</c><00:22:50.700><c> a</c><00:22:50.940><c> spiritual</c><00:22:51.339><c> low,</c><00:22:51.619><c> they're</c><00:22:51.759><c> not</c>

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coming<00:22:52.220><c> out</c><00:22:52.460><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:52.740><c> meetings</c><00:22:52.980><c> any</c><00:22:53.279><c> longer,</c><00:22:53.519><c> they're</c><00:22:53.640><c> not</c><00:22:53.819><c> as</c><00:22:54.039><c> regular</c><00:22:54.299><c> as</c><00:22:54.440><c> they</c><00:22:54.660><c> used</c><00:22:54.880><c> to</c>

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be,<00:22:55.500><c> they</c><00:22:55.720><c> don't</c>

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worry<00:22:56.160><c> about</c><00:22:56.519><c> study</c><00:22:56.779><c> days</c><00:22:57.000><c> or</c><00:22:57.119><c> anything</c><00:22:57.299><c> like</c><00:22:57.579><c> that,</c><00:22:57.720><c> they're</c>

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all<00:22:58.059><c> optional</c><00:22:58.400><c> extras,</c><00:22:58.779><c> so</c><00:22:59.220><c> you</c>

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know,<00:22:59.539><c> we</c><00:22:59.700><c> just</c><00:22:59.900><c> go</c><00:23:00.039><c> to</c><00:23:00.160><c> the</c><00:23:00.299><c> necessary</c><00:23:00.680><c> things.</c><00:23:00.920><c> And</c><00:23:01.119><c> sometimes</c><00:23:01.440><c> I</c><00:23:01.619><c> start</c>

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backing<00:23:02.039><c> off</c><00:23:02.240><c> on</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c>

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memorial<00:23:03.960><c> meeting</c><00:23:04.240><c> of</c><00:23:04.359><c> a</c><00:23:04.460><c> Sunday</c><00:23:04.619><c> morning</c><00:23:05.019><c> and</c><00:23:05.559><c> what</c><00:23:05.779><c> do</c><00:23:05.900><c> we</c>

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think<00:23:06.200><c> about</c><00:23:06.460><c> them?</c><00:23:06.619><c> Ah,</c><00:23:06.940><c> they're</c>

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weak.<00:23:09.539><c> We</c><00:23:09.980><c> can</c><00:23:10.240><c> despise</c><00:23:10.640><c> them.</c><00:23:12.200><c> We</c><00:23:12.299><c> can</c><00:23:12.559><c> despise</c><00:23:12.900><c> the</c><00:23:13.059><c> weakness</c><00:23:13.259><c> and</c><00:23:13.460><c> say,</c><00:23:14.140><c> gosh,</c><00:23:14.420><c> I</c>

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don't<00:23:14.599><c> even</c>

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know<00:23:15.220><c> why</c><00:23:15.339><c> they</c><00:23:15.519><c> bother</c><00:23:15.720><c> coming</c><00:23:15.960><c> to</c><00:23:16.099><c> the</c><00:23:16.220><c> memorial</c><00:23:16.500><c> meeting,</c>

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they're<00:23:16.859><c> not</c><00:23:17.000><c> interested</c>

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in<00:23:17.319><c> anything</c><00:23:17.519><c> else</c><00:23:17.759><c> in</c><00:23:17.859><c> the</c><00:23:18.039><c> truth,</c><00:23:18.700><c> no</c><00:23:18.980><c> other</c><00:23:19.319><c> part</c><00:23:19.460><c> of</c><00:23:19.599><c> the</c>

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ecclesia,<00:23:20.420><c> the</c><00:23:20.660><c> brother</c>

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doesn't<00:23:21.059><c> do</c><00:23:21.299><c> anything</c><00:23:21.519><c> in</c><00:23:21.680><c> the</c><00:23:21.799><c> meeting,</c><00:23:21.960><c> he</c><00:23:22.099><c> just</c><00:23:22.259><c> comes</c><00:23:22.500><c> along</c><00:23:22.700><c> and</c>

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we<00:23:24.000><c> could</c><00:23:24.240><c> feel</c>

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really<00:23:25.599><c> quite</c><00:23:25.799><c> despicable</c><00:23:26.200><c> towards</c><00:23:26.519><c> them,</c><00:23:28.079><c> rejecting</c><00:23:28.480><c> them,</c>

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saying<00:23:30.099><c> yes,</c><00:23:30.400><c> they're</c><00:23:30.599><c> just</c>

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weak,<00:23:31.980><c> they</c><00:23:32.160><c> may</c><00:23:32.240><c> as</c><00:23:32.380><c> well</c><00:23:32.380><c> not</c><00:23:32.619><c> come,</c><00:23:33.339><c> why</c><00:23:33.559><c> are</c><00:23:33.680><c> they</c><00:23:33.779><c> here?</c><00:23:34.180><c> Don't</c><00:23:34.400><c> bother</c><00:23:34.619><c> to</c><00:23:34.779><c> come,</c><00:23:35.059><c> I</c><00:23:35.240><c> won't</c>

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bother<00:23:35.519><c> talking</c><00:23:35.779><c> to</c><00:23:35.920><c> them.</c><00:23:38.339><c> And</c><00:23:38.420><c> that</c><00:23:38.599><c> would</c><00:23:38.759><c> be</c><00:23:38.960><c> the</c><00:23:39.119><c> reason,</c>

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that<00:23:39.799><c> would</c><00:23:40.019><c> be</c><00:23:40.200><c> the</c><00:23:40.420><c> reason</c><00:23:40.819><c> why</c>

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the<00:23:41.299><c> Apostle</c><00:23:41.799><c> Paul</c><00:23:42.440><c> would</c><00:23:42.900><c> go</c><00:23:43.099><c> into</c><00:23:43.339><c> a</c><00:23:43.519><c> fit</c><00:23:43.599><c> of</c><00:23:43.799><c> depression,</c>

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because<00:23:46.920><c> he</c><00:23:47.039><c> would</c><00:23:47.299><c> love</c><00:23:47.599><c> them</c>

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and<00:23:48.740><c> feel</c><00:23:49.079><c> for</c><00:23:49.339><c> them</c><00:23:49.920><c> and</c><00:23:50.380><c> do</c><00:23:50.680><c> everything</c><00:23:51.220><c> he</c><00:23:51.599><c> possibly</c><00:23:52.200><c> could</c>

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to<00:23:53.319><c> try</c><00:23:53.660><c> and</c><00:23:54.000><c> rehabilitate</c>

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them<00:23:55.140><c> spiritually.</c><00:23:57.539><c> You</c><00:23:57.660><c> know,</c><00:23:57.900><c> some</c><00:23:58.019><c> of</c><00:23:58.160><c> our</c><00:23:58.319><c> brethren</c><00:23:58.539><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:58.980><c> because</c><00:23:59.200><c> we</c><00:23:59.380><c> see</c><00:23:59.539><c> them</c>

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only<00:23:59.880><c> on</c><00:24:00.019><c> a</c><00:24:00.059><c> Sunday</c><00:24:00.279><c> morning,</c><00:24:01.839><c> we</c><00:24:02.240><c> don't</c><00:24:02.700><c> really</c><00:24:03.160><c> know</c><00:24:03.480><c> them.</c>

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know<00:24:12.160><c> them.</c><00:24:13.359><c> We</c><00:24:13.599><c> never</c><00:24:13.859><c> visit</c><00:24:14.140><c> them,</c>

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we<00:24:15.420><c> never</c><00:24:15.680><c> invite</c><00:24:15.940><c> them</c><00:24:16.079><c> to</c><00:24:16.220><c> our</c><00:24:16.460><c> home,</c><00:24:17.900><c> we</c><00:24:18.180><c> never</c><00:24:18.400><c> make</c><00:24:18.599><c> opportunities</c><00:24:19.160><c> for</c>

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meeting<00:24:19.579><c> them</c>

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in<00:24:19.859><c> another</c><00:24:20.299><c> environment</c><00:24:20.880><c> somewhere</c><00:24:21.220><c> else.</c><00:24:23.079><c> We</c><00:24:23.400><c> don't</c><00:24:23.680><c> bother</c><00:24:24.099><c> about</c>

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them.<00:24:25.160><c> Let</c><00:24:25.400><c> them</c><00:24:25.559><c> go,</c><00:24:25.759><c> let</c>

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them<00:24:26.039><c> drift</c><00:24:26.500><c> out,</c><00:24:26.799><c> let</c><00:24:26.980><c> them</c><00:24:27.200><c> wander</c><00:24:27.519><c> off,</c><00:24:27.740><c> they're</c><00:24:27.920><c> just</c><00:24:28.200><c> weak,</c><00:24:28.839><c> don't</c><00:24:29.160><c> love</c><00:24:29.460><c> the</c><00:24:29.660><c> things</c>

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of<00:24:30.180><c> God.</c><00:24:32.140><c> That's</c><00:24:32.579><c> not</c><00:24:32.819><c> Paul's</c><00:24:33.259><c> attitude.</c><00:24:35.519><c> He</c><00:24:35.720><c> says,</c><00:24:36.440><c> don't</c>

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heap<00:24:36.819><c> sorrow</c><00:24:37.299><c> upon</c><00:24:37.660><c> sorrow</c><00:24:38.160><c> upon</c>

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me,<00:24:38.819><c> he</c><00:24:39.039><c> says,</c><00:24:39.779><c> because</c><00:24:40.220><c> I</c><00:24:40.740><c> love</c><00:24:40.980><c> you</c><00:24:41.180><c> all</c><00:24:41.380><c> so</c><00:24:41.680><c> much,</c><00:24:42.000><c> I</c><00:24:42.220><c> just</c>

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want<00:24:42.539><c> to</c><00:24:42.740><c> hear</c><00:24:42.880><c> that</c><00:24:43.039><c> you're</c>

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doing<00:24:43.420><c> well,</c><00:24:44.220><c> I'll</c><00:24:44.519><c> do</c><00:24:44.599><c> whatever</c><00:24:44.880><c> I</c><00:24:45.099><c> can</c><00:24:45.240><c> to</c><00:24:45.480><c> help</c><00:24:45.680><c> you</c><00:24:46.039><c> and</c><00:24:46.259><c> I'm</c><00:24:46.440><c> going</c><00:24:46.539><c> to</c>

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send<00:24:46.859><c> to</c><00:24:47.019><c> you</c><00:24:47.099><c> my</c>

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personal<00:24:47.980><c> assistant</c><00:24:48.380><c> Timothy.</c><00:24:49.900><c> Now</c><00:24:50.460><c> Paul</c><00:24:50.819><c> knew</c><00:24:51.380><c> that</c><00:24:51.880><c> Timothy</c><00:24:52.079><c> was</c><00:24:52.259><c> his</c><00:24:52.599><c> closest</c><00:24:52.960><c> aid,</c><00:24:53.460><c> he</c>

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desperately<00:24:54.400><c> needed</c><00:24:54.779><c> the</c><00:24:55.000><c> company</c><00:24:55.259><c> of</c><00:24:55.460><c> Timothy</c><00:24:55.660><c> because</c><00:24:56.259><c> Paul</c><00:24:56.539><c> wasn't</c><00:24:56.819><c> able</c><00:24:57.099><c> to</c>

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move<00:24:57.500><c> around,</c>

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he<00:24:57.940><c> was</c><00:24:58.119><c> a</c><00:24:58.279><c> prisoner,</c><00:24:58.720><c> he</c><00:24:58.819><c> was</c><00:24:59.079><c> also</c><00:24:59.400><c> somewhat</c><00:24:59.680><c> older</c><00:25:00.039><c> now,</c><00:25:00.240><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:25:00.599><c> have</c><00:25:00.759><c> the</c><00:25:00.980><c> health,</c><00:25:01.900><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:25:02.220><c> have</c><00:25:02.400><c> the</c><00:25:02.619><c> strength</c><00:25:02.839><c> to</c><00:25:03.019><c> do</c><00:25:03.119><c> some</c><00:25:03.299><c> of</c><00:25:03.420><c> the</c><00:25:03.519><c> things</c><00:25:03.619><c> that</c><00:25:03.839><c> young</c><00:25:04.039><c> Timothy</c><00:25:04.380><c> could</c><00:25:04.619><c> do.</c><00:25:04.940><c> He</c>

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needed<00:25:05.460><c> Timothy</c><00:25:05.900><c> as</c><00:25:06.099><c> his</c><00:25:06.380><c> right</c><00:25:07.220><c> hand</c><00:25:07.400><c> man</c><00:25:07.619><c> to</c><00:25:07.819><c> extend</c><00:25:08.140><c> the</c><00:25:08.359><c> work</c><00:25:08.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:08.779><c> truth.</c><00:25:10.460><c> But</c><00:25:10.579><c> he</c><00:25:10.700><c> was</c>

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now<00:25:11.140><c> saying,</c><00:25:11.380><c> I'm</c><00:25:11.559><c> going</c><00:25:11.640><c> to</c><00:25:11.759><c> send</c><00:25:11.880><c> you</c><00:25:12.019><c> Timothy,</c><00:25:12.599><c> I'm</c><00:25:12.799><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:13.140><c> send</c><00:25:13.319><c> you</c><00:25:13.519><c> my</c><00:25:13.720><c> right</c><00:25:14.039><c> hand</c><00:25:14.240><c> man,</c>

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I'll<00:25:15.500><c> do</c><00:25:15.660><c> without</c><00:25:15.920><c> him,</c><00:25:16.619><c> but</c><00:25:16.700><c> he</c><00:25:16.779><c> can</c><00:25:16.920><c> benefit</c><00:25:17.240><c> you.</c><00:25:18.799><c> That's</c><00:25:18.980><c> a</c>

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big<00:25:19.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:20.180><c> on</c><00:25:20.880><c> Paul's</c>

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account.<00:25:22.579><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:25:23.759><c> he</c><00:25:23.900><c> goes</c><00:25:24.119><c> on</c><00:25:24.259><c> and</c><00:25:24.380><c> he</c><00:25:24.500><c> talks</c><00:25:24.660><c> about</c>

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this<00:25:25.140><c> matter.</c><00:25:26.700><c> He</c><00:25:26.859><c> says</c><00:25:27.160><c> that</c>

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when<00:25:27.400><c> he</c><00:25:27.599><c> sends</c><00:25:27.799><c> Epaphroditus,</c><00:25:28.619><c> he's</c><00:25:28.799><c> sending</c><00:25:29.000><c> Epaphroditus</c>

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before<00:25:29.880><c> he</c><00:25:30.059><c> sends</c><00:25:30.240><c> Timothy,</c>

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verse<00:25:30.819><c> 29,</c><00:25:31.460><c> receive</c><00:25:31.940><c> him</c><00:25:32.140><c> therefore</c><00:25:32.559><c> in</c><00:25:32.799><c> the</c><00:25:32.940><c> Lord</c><00:25:33.079><c> with</c><00:25:33.279><c> all</c>

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gladness<00:25:34.220><c> and</c><00:25:34.799><c> hold</c><00:25:35.140><c> such</c><00:25:35.420><c> in</c>

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reputation,<00:25:36.160><c> respect</c><00:25:36.680><c> him,</c><00:25:37.059><c> honor</c><00:25:37.180><c> his</c><00:25:37.440><c> position,</c><00:25:39.500><c> because</c>

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for<00:25:40.220><c> the</c><00:25:40.440><c> work</c><00:25:40.619><c> of</c><00:25:40.900><c> Christ</c>

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he<00:25:42.019><c> was</c><00:25:42.460><c> nigh</c><00:25:42.920><c> unto</c><00:25:43.319><c> death.</c><00:25:43.559><c> Notice</c><00:25:43.900><c> that?</c><00:25:44.359><c> For</c><00:25:44.519><c> his</c><00:25:44.839><c> work</c><00:25:45.039><c> in</c>

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dead.<00:25:49.019><c> Not</c><00:25:49.460><c> hazarding</c><00:25:50.259><c> his</c><00:25:50.519><c> life,</c><00:25:50.740><c> he</c><00:25:50.960><c> says,</c><00:25:51.599><c> to</c><00:25:51.819><c> supply</c><00:25:52.180><c> your</c>

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lack<00:25:52.640><c> of</c><00:25:52.940><c> service</c><00:25:53.180><c> toward</c><00:25:53.480><c> me.</c><00:25:53.960><c> He</c>

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really<00:25:54.519><c> went</c><00:25:54.740><c> out</c><00:25:55.119><c> to</c><00:25:55.559><c> fill</c><00:25:55.740><c> up</c><00:25:56.180><c> his</c><00:25:56.480><c> own</c><00:25:56.819><c> life,</c><00:25:57.559><c> to</c><00:25:57.700><c> bring</c><00:25:57.859><c> the</c>

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deficiencies<00:25:59.980><c> in</c><00:26:00.200><c> the</c><00:26:00.319><c> ministration</c><00:26:00.859><c> designed</c><00:26:01.200><c> for</c><00:26:01.380><c> me.</c><00:26:01.779><c> He</c>

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risked<00:26:02.319><c> his</c><00:26:02.519><c> life</c><00:26:02.720><c> in</c><00:26:03.019><c> coming</c><00:26:03.259><c> to</c>

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visit<00:26:03.680><c> me.</c><00:26:04.359><c> Look</c><00:26:04.500><c> what</c><00:26:04.599><c> he</c><00:26:04.779><c> did.</c><00:26:06.960><c> We</c><00:26:07.240><c> don't</c><00:26:07.400><c> know</c><00:26:07.579><c> particularly</c><00:26:08.039><c> what</c><00:26:08.220><c> his</c><00:26:08.420><c> sickness</c><00:26:08.640><c> was.</c><00:26:10.039><c> It</c><00:26:10.220><c> may</c>

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well<00:26:10.640><c> have</c><00:26:10.799><c> been</c><00:26:10.920><c> that</c><00:26:11.000><c> he</c><00:26:11.140><c> could</c><00:26:11.319><c> have</c><00:26:11.519><c> been</c><00:26:12.259><c> beaten</c><00:26:12.519><c> up</c><00:26:12.759><c> being</c><00:26:13.000><c> a</c><00:26:13.200><c> Christian</c><00:26:13.480><c> coming</c><00:26:13.839><c> to</c>

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visit<00:26:14.259><c> Paul.</c><00:26:14.539><c> The</c><00:26:14.700><c> Christians</c><00:26:15.000><c> were</c><00:26:15.200><c> now</c><00:26:15.359><c> beginning</c><00:26:15.559><c> to</c><00:26:15.900><c> get</c>

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a<00:26:16.099><c> bit</c><00:26:16.220><c> of</c><00:26:16.400><c> a</c><00:26:16.500><c> name</c><00:26:16.720><c> in</c><00:26:16.940><c> Rome</c>

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because<00:26:17.500><c> there</c><00:26:18.059><c> were</c><00:26:18.240><c> the</c><00:26:18.440><c> sects</c><00:26:18.740><c> spoken</c><00:26:19.000><c> against</c><00:26:19.400><c> everywhere</c><00:26:19.799><c> throughout</c><00:26:20.079><c> the</c><00:26:20.279><c> Roman</c>

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world.<00:26:21.019><c> Maybe</c><00:26:21.200><c> when</c><00:26:21.339><c> he</c><00:26:21.420><c> came</c><00:26:21.720><c> back</c><00:26:21.940><c> to</c><00:26:22.079><c> Paul,</c><00:26:22.319><c> he</c><00:26:22.420><c> was</c><00:26:22.680><c> beaten</c>

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up<00:26:23.180><c> on</c><00:26:23.299><c> his</c><00:26:23.480><c> way</c><00:26:23.619><c> to</c><00:26:23.839><c> see</c><00:26:23.980><c> Paul.</c>

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The<00:26:24.960><c> soldiers</c><00:26:25.339><c> ill</c><00:26:25.700><c>-treated</c><00:26:25.920><c> him</c><00:26:26.299><c> or</c><00:26:26.619><c> some</c><00:26:26.960><c> thugs</c><00:26:27.259><c> and</c><00:26:27.440><c> local</c>

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marketeers<00:26:28.279><c> set</c><00:26:28.480><c> upon</c><00:26:28.759><c> him</c>

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as<00:26:29.440><c> he</c><00:26:29.660><c> came</c><00:26:30.160><c> over</c><00:26:30.500><c> to</c><00:26:30.680><c> see</c><00:26:30.819><c> Paul</c><00:26:31.140><c> in</c><00:26:31.440><c> the</c><00:26:31.859><c> Praetorium.</c><00:26:34.000><c> Whatever</c><00:26:34.299><c> it</c><00:26:34.519><c> was,</c><00:26:35.299><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:35.579><c> very</c>

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sick<00:26:36.019><c> on</c><00:26:36.180><c> that</c><00:26:36.359><c> account.</c><00:26:37.859><c> Maybe</c><00:26:38.299><c> he</c><00:26:38.440><c> had</c><00:26:38.599><c> to</c><00:26:38.700><c> go</c><00:26:38.920><c> through</c><00:26:39.099><c> very</c>

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difficult<00:26:39.740><c> circumstances,</c>

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shipwrecks<00:26:41.240><c> like</c><00:26:41.500><c> Paul</c><00:26:41.759><c> did.</c><00:26:42.140><c> Nearly</c><00:26:42.339><c> died</c><00:26:42.660><c> in</c><00:26:42.819><c> the</c><00:26:43.019><c> process.</c>

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Maybe<00:26:43.920><c> caught</c><00:26:44.220><c> sickness</c><00:26:44.559><c> and</c>

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disease<00:26:45.160><c> on</c><00:26:45.380><c> the</c><00:26:45.519><c> routes.</c><00:26:47.380><c> Up</c><00:26:47.460><c> all</c><00:26:47.660><c> night</c><00:26:47.880><c> without</c><00:26:48.140><c> any</c><00:26:48.420><c> sleep.</c><00:26:49.319><c> Traveling</c><00:26:49.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:49.839><c> most</c>

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unhygienic<00:26:50.759><c> conditions.</c><00:26:51.500><c> Living</c><00:26:51.700><c> in</c><00:26:51.839><c> the</c><00:26:51.980><c> most</c><00:26:52.200><c> high</c><00:26:52.559><c> unhygienic</c><00:26:53.099><c> quarters.</c><00:26:53.720><c> He</c><00:26:53.980><c> did</c>

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this<00:26:54.539><c> for</c>

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their<00:26:55.039><c> sake</c><00:26:55.259><c> and</c><00:26:55.539><c> for</c><00:26:55.779><c> Paul's</c><00:26:56.200><c> sake.</c><00:26:56.460><c> And</c><00:26:56.519><c> Paul</c><00:26:56.660><c> says,</c><00:26:57.039><c> look</c>

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what<00:26:57.299><c> he</c><00:26:57.480><c> went</c><00:26:57.599><c> through.</c><00:26:57.779><c> He</c><00:26:57.880><c> was</c>

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nearly<00:26:58.359><c> dead</c><00:26:58.839><c> for</c><00:26:59.079><c> this.</c><00:27:00.940><c> Just</c><00:27:01.259><c> receive</c><00:27:01.619><c> him.</c><00:27:02.559><c> Receive</c><00:27:02.880><c> him</c>

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back.<00:27:03.339><c> Respect</c><00:27:03.740><c> him</c><00:27:03.900><c> and</c><00:27:03.960><c> love</c>

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him.<00:27:04.579><c> He's</c><00:27:04.839><c> just</c><00:27:05.140><c> about</c><00:27:05.440><c> dead</c><00:27:06.000><c> for</c><00:27:06.799><c> the</c><00:27:06.960><c> truth.</c><00:27:08.299><c> This</c><00:27:08.599><c> was</c><00:27:08.960><c> real</c><00:27:09.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:10.099><c> in</c>

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action,<00:27:10.519><c> what</c>

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he<00:27:10.880><c> had</c><00:27:11.039><c> done.</c><00:27:12.259><c> And</c><00:27:12.480><c> that's</c><00:27:12.660><c> why,</c><00:27:13.039><c> brethren</c><00:27:13.180><c> and</c><00:27:13.400><c> sisters,</c><00:27:14.319><c> the</c><00:27:14.559><c> example</c><00:27:14.859><c> of</c>

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Paul<00:27:15.500><c> and</c><00:27:16.079><c> Timothy</c>

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and<00:27:17.240><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:27:18.019><c> are</c><00:27:19.019><c> so,</c><00:27:19.500><c> so</c><00:27:19.779><c> important</c><00:27:20.180><c> for</c><00:27:20.339><c> us</c><00:27:20.539><c> to</c><00:27:20.680><c> meditate</c><00:27:21.019><c> on.</c><00:27:22.440><c> They're</c><00:27:22.700><c> there</c><00:27:22.940><c> for</c><00:27:23.140><c> a</c>

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message.<00:27:24.920><c> The</c><00:27:25.220><c> message</c><00:27:25.539><c> is</c><00:27:25.740><c> for</c><00:27:25.960><c> our</c><00:27:26.299><c> learning</c><00:27:26.720><c> and</c><00:27:27.519><c> our</c><00:27:27.740><c> edification</c><00:27:28.319><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:28.660><c> might</c><00:27:28.839><c> know</c>

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how<00:27:29.079><c> to</c><00:27:29.240><c> copy</c><00:27:29.500><c> their</c><00:27:29.740><c> lives.</c><00:27:32.359><c> In</c><00:27:32.700><c> the</c><00:27:32.880><c> third</c><00:27:33.019><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.359><c> now,</c><00:27:34.339><c> Paul</c><00:27:34.579><c> takes</c><00:27:34.920><c> our</c><00:27:35.099><c> attention</c><00:27:35.400><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:35.660><c> next</c><00:27:35.880><c> phase,</c><00:27:36.259><c> which</c><00:27:36.339><c> of</c><00:27:36.500><c> course</c><00:27:36.619><c> in</c><00:27:36.779><c> the</c><00:27:36.900><c> notes</c><00:27:37.019><c> we</c><00:27:37.180><c> can</c>

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see,<00:27:37.660><c> introduces</c><00:27:37.980><c> another</c>

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topic<00:27:38.619><c> for</c><00:27:38.859><c> us.</c><00:27:39.480><c> In</c><00:27:39.700><c> chapter</c><00:27:40.000><c> three,</c><00:27:40.640><c> he</c><00:27:40.839><c> says</c><00:27:41.099><c> that</c><00:27:41.279><c> he</c><00:27:41.380><c> is</c><00:27:41.539><c> going</c><00:27:41.660><c> to</c>

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press<00:27:42.180><c> on</c><00:27:42.680><c> toward</c><00:27:43.099><c> the</c>

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mark<00:27:43.599><c> for</c><00:27:43.839><c> the</c><00:27:44.019><c> prize.</c><00:27:45.319><c> So</c><00:27:45.519><c> in</c><00:27:45.740><c> chapter</c><00:27:45.880><c> three,</c><00:27:46.160><c> he</c><00:27:46.440><c> rejoices</c>

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in<00:27:47.180><c> God</c><00:27:47.460><c> and</c><00:27:47.880><c> gives</c><00:27:48.079><c> the</c>

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exhortation<00:27:49.019><c> that</c><00:27:49.259><c> you</c><00:27:49.420><c> must</c><00:27:49.599><c> put</c><00:27:49.839><c> no</c><00:27:50.380><c> confidence</c><00:27:50.940><c> in</c><00:27:51.319><c> the</c><00:27:51.579><c> flesh</c><00:27:51.859><c> at</c>

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all.<00:27:53.980><c> He</c><00:27:54.220><c> then</c>

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gives<00:27:54.779><c> Paul</c><00:27:55.180><c> seven</c><00:27:55.819><c> surpassing</c><00:27:56.720><c> fleshly</c><00:27:57.619><c> credentials</c><00:27:57.980><c> here.</c>

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He<00:27:58.660><c> now</c><00:27:58.839><c> comes</c><00:27:59.000><c> to</c><00:27:59.200><c> talk</c>

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about<00:27:59.680><c> flesh</c><00:27:59.920><c> and</c><00:28:00.200><c> spirit,</c><00:28:01.079><c> making</c><00:28:01.099><c> it</c><00:28:01.420><c> clear</c><00:28:01.579><c> that</c><00:28:01.759><c> in</c><00:28:01.980><c> fact</c>

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if<00:28:02.259><c> we're</c><00:28:02.440><c> going</c><00:28:02.539><c> to</c><00:28:02.720><c> follow</c>

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after<00:28:03.240><c> Christ,</c><00:28:04.039><c> we</c><00:28:04.220><c> have</c><00:28:04.519><c> to</c><00:28:04.700><c> deny</c><00:28:04.980><c> the</c><00:28:05.339><c> flesh.</c><00:28:06.200><c> And</c><00:28:06.299><c> he</c><00:28:06.359><c> makes</c>

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this<00:28:06.819><c> clear</c><00:28:07.099><c> in</c><00:28:07.500><c> his</c><00:28:07.720><c> next</c>

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section.<00:28:09.660><c> So</c><00:28:09.779><c> looking</c><00:28:10.000><c> there</c><00:28:10.259><c> at</c><00:28:10.599><c> verse</c><00:28:10.819><c> one,</c><00:28:11.099><c> he</c><00:28:11.160><c> says,</c><00:28:11.720><c> finally</c><00:28:11.740><c> my</c>

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brethren,<00:28:12.920><c> rejoice</c><00:28:13.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:13.579><c> Lord.</c><00:28:13.759><c> Again,</c><00:28:14.019><c> he</c><00:28:14.220><c> puts</c><00:28:14.420><c> this</c><00:28:14.700><c> word</c><00:28:14.839><c> in</c><00:28:15.059><c> rejoice.</c><00:28:15.799><c> Rejoice</c><00:28:16.279><c> in</c><00:28:16.400><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:16.819><c> to</c><00:28:17.259><c> write</c>

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the<00:28:17.799><c> same</c><00:28:18.099><c> things</c><00:28:18.359><c> to</c><00:28:18.539><c> you</c><00:28:18.779><c> to</c><00:28:18.940><c> me</c><00:28:19.099><c> indeed</c><00:28:19.339><c> is</c><00:28:19.579><c> not</c><00:28:19.819><c> grievous,</c>

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but<00:28:20.759><c> for</c><00:28:20.940><c> you</c><00:28:21.160><c> it</c><00:28:21.319><c> is</c><00:28:21.559><c> safe.</c><00:28:23.200><c> In</c>

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life<00:28:25.180><c> has</c><00:28:25.660><c> indeed</c><00:28:26.119><c> changed</c><00:28:26.559><c> his</c><00:28:26.839><c> life,</c><00:28:27.319><c> and</c><00:28:27.460><c> he's</c><00:28:27.700><c> writing</c><00:28:27.960><c> things</c><00:28:28.279><c> which</c><00:28:28.460><c> he</c>

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hopes<00:28:28.799><c> they</c>

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will<00:28:29.079><c> not</c><00:28:29.299><c> consider</c><00:28:29.619><c> grievous</c><00:28:29.980><c> any</c><00:28:30.480><c> more</c><00:28:30.640><c> than</c><00:28:30.779><c> the</c><00:28:30.900><c> things</c>

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they<00:28:31.240><c> wrote</c><00:28:31.420><c> to</c><00:28:31.599><c> him.</c><00:28:32.039><c> But</c><00:28:32.220><c> now</c><00:28:32.480><c> he</c>

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gives<00:28:32.880><c> a</c><00:28:33.140><c> warning.</c><00:28:34.160><c> His</c><00:28:34.440><c> warning</c><00:28:34.779><c> is</c><00:28:35.180><c> concerning</c><00:28:35.640><c> the</c><00:28:36.240><c> household.</c><00:28:37.859><c> And</c><00:28:38.099><c> he</c><00:28:38.279><c> says,</c>

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beware<00:28:39.420><c> of</c><00:28:39.680><c> dogs.</c><00:28:40.759><c> Beware</c><00:28:41.119><c> of</c><00:28:41.299><c> dogs.</c><00:28:42.519><c> You</c><00:28:42.619><c> know,</c><00:28:42.799><c> the</c><00:28:42.960><c> dogs</c><00:28:43.200><c> are</c><00:28:43.400><c> those</c><00:28:43.779><c> really</c><00:28:44.279><c> cited</c><00:28:44.460><c> in</c><00:28:44.640><c> verse</c>

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19<00:28:45.220><c> of</c><00:28:45.380><c> this</c><00:28:45.559><c> chapter.</c><00:28:45.799><c> He</c><00:28:45.920><c> talks</c><00:28:46.119><c> about</c><00:28:46.279><c> this</c><00:28:46.500><c> classification</c><00:28:47.119><c> or</c><00:28:47.779><c> category</c>

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and<00:28:48.180><c> says,</c>

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whose<00:28:49.460><c> hand</c><00:28:49.680><c> is</c><00:28:49.859><c> destruction,</c><00:28:51.000><c> whose</c><00:28:51.200><c> God</c><00:28:51.380><c> is</c><00:28:51.559><c> their</c><00:28:51.759><c> belly,</c>

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whose<00:28:52.579><c> glory</c><00:28:52.900><c> is</c><00:28:53.079><c> their</c><00:28:53.319><c> shame,</c>

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who<00:28:53.880><c> mind</c><00:28:54.099><c> earthly</c><00:28:54.440><c> things.</c><00:28:55.220><c> They</c><00:28:55.400><c> are</c><00:28:55.779><c> governed</c><00:28:56.099><c> by</c><00:28:56.359><c> the</c>

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carnal<00:28:56.859><c> minds.</c><00:28:57.440><c> They're</c>

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like<00:28:57.819><c> dogs</c><00:28:58.259><c> returning</c><00:28:58.880><c> to</c><00:28:59.039><c> their</c><00:28:59.220><c> vomit.</c><00:29:00.759><c> He</c><00:29:00.940><c> says,</c><00:29:01.200><c> beware</c>

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of<00:29:01.940><c> dogs.</c><00:29:02.519><c> Beware</c><00:29:02.880><c> of</c><00:29:03.160><c> evil</c>

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workers.<00:29:04.700><c> Those</c><00:29:05.000><c> are</c><00:29:05.160><c> the</c><00:29:05.339><c> people</c><00:29:05.579><c> who</c><00:29:05.819><c> will</c><00:29:06.240><c> come</c><00:29:06.440><c> into</c><00:29:06.619><c> the</c>

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the<00:32:08.000><c> spirit</c><00:32:08.220><c> truth.</c>

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lot<00:32:20.319><c> more</c><00:32:20.579><c> than</c><00:32:20.759><c> them.</c>

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the<00:32:24.500><c> credentials</c><00:32:24.900><c> of</c><00:32:25.160><c> flesh</c>

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concerning<00:32:28.779><c> himself,</c><00:32:29.259><c> verse</c>

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five,<00:32:31.400><c> circumcise</c><00:32:31.799><c> the</c><00:32:32.059><c> eighth</c><00:32:32.380><c> day.</c><00:32:33.359><c> Right,</c><00:32:33.599><c> I</c><00:32:33.720><c> was</c><00:32:33.920><c> right</c>

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good.<00:32:38.099><c> And</c>

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if<00:32:38.359><c> you</c><00:32:38.539><c> happen</c><00:32:38.599><c> to</c><00:32:38.740><c> be</c><00:32:39.019><c> circumcised</c><00:32:39.559><c> afterwards,</c><00:32:41.019><c> then</c><00:32:41.079><c> it's</c>

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not<00:32:41.339><c> as</c><00:32:41.519><c> good.</c><00:32:41.799><c> You're</c>

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:44.740
not<00:32:42.059><c> as</c><00:32:42.240><c> righteous.</c><00:32:43.079><c> He</c><00:32:43.319><c> was</c><00:32:43.519><c> of</c><00:32:43.619><c> the</c><00:32:43.759><c> stock</c><00:32:43.900><c> of</c><00:32:44.079><c> Israel,</c><00:32:44.519><c> so</c>

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.700
Israel<00:32:45.039><c> was</c><00:32:45.220><c> the</c><00:32:45.420><c> righteous</c>

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tribe,<00:32:46.359><c> the</c><00:32:46.599><c> the</c><00:32:46.819><c> righteous</c><00:32:46.960><c> nation</c><00:32:47.299><c> on</c><00:32:47.500><c> the</c><00:32:47.660><c> earth</c><00:32:47.779><c> and</c><00:32:47.920><c> all</c>

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.819
the<00:32:48.220><c> Judaizers</c><00:32:48.539><c> believed</c>

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:52.680
that<00:32:49.039><c> was</c><00:32:49.259><c> so.</c><00:32:49.799><c> He</c><00:32:50.079><c> was</c><00:32:50.279><c> of</c><00:32:50.400><c> the</c><00:32:50.599><c> tribe</c><00:32:50.740><c> of</c><00:32:51.000><c> Benjamin.</c><00:32:51.839><c> Benjamin</c><00:32:52.240><c> was</c><00:32:52.460><c> an</c>

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elitist<00:32:53.079><c> tribe,</c>

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:56.559
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00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.079
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Judah.<00:32:58.160><c> So</c><00:32:58.400><c> he</c><00:32:58.559><c> belonged</c><00:32:58.779><c> to</c><00:32:58.980><c> that.</c><00:33:00.099><c> He</c><00:33:00.200><c> was</c><00:33:00.519><c> also</c><00:33:01.000><c> an</c><00:33:01.180><c> Hebrew</c>

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:03.420
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00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:05.500
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Hebrew<00:33:05.740><c> generation</c><00:33:06.259><c> of</c>

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people.<00:33:07.079><c> He</c><00:33:07.220><c> was</c><00:33:07.519><c> absolutely</c><00:33:08.160><c> without</c><00:33:08.519><c> question</c><00:33:09.039><c> a</c><00:33:09.579><c> Jew</c><00:33:09.960><c> of</c>

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group<00:33:16.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:16.920><c> Pharisees.</c><00:33:17.579><c> So</c><00:33:17.759><c> he</c><00:33:17.900><c> was</c><00:33:18.140><c> a</c><00:33:18.339><c> Pharisee</c><00:33:18.720><c> under</c><00:33:18.859><c> the</c><00:33:19.000><c> law.</c><00:33:19.579><c> Concerning</c><00:33:20.059><c> zeal</c><00:33:20.539><c> as</c>

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00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:30.019
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be<00:33:35.220><c> blamed?</c><00:33:35.380><c> What</c><00:33:35.539><c> was</c><00:33:35.700><c> he</c>

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00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.460
no<00:33:38.759><c> man</c><00:33:38.980><c> could</c><00:33:39.220><c> claim</c>

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:42.059
righteousness<00:33:40.019><c> from</c><00:33:40.519><c> a</c><00:33:40.680><c> law</c><00:33:40.839><c> that</c><00:33:41.099><c> condemned</c><00:33:41.319><c> him</c><00:33:41.500><c> for</c><00:33:41.660><c> breaking</c><00:33:41.920><c> it,</c>

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and<00:33:42.160><c> he</c><00:33:42.240><c> was</c><00:33:42.440><c> talking</c>

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about<00:33:42.819><c> the</c><00:33:42.960><c> law</c><00:33:43.079><c> of</c><00:33:43.299><c> Moses.</c><00:33:45.319><c> What</c><00:33:45.519><c> he</c><00:33:45.680><c> now</c><00:33:45.859><c> talks</c><00:33:46.119><c> about</c><00:33:46.460><c> is</c>

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the<00:33:47.099><c> vain</c><00:33:47.279><c> tradition</c><00:33:47.740><c> which</c><00:33:47.920><c> the</c>

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elders<00:33:48.319><c> of</c><00:33:48.460><c> Israel</c><00:33:48.779><c> had,</c><00:33:49.839><c> in</c><00:33:49.920><c> that</c><00:33:50.000><c> they</c><00:33:50.359><c> recognized</c><00:33:50.920><c> that</c><00:33:51.099><c> if</c>

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.259
you<00:33:51.500><c> were</c><00:33:51.640><c> to</c><00:33:51.799><c> pinpoint</c>

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:54.720
personal<00:33:52.660><c> failure,</c><00:33:53.259><c> then</c><00:33:53.380><c> everybody</c><00:33:53.779><c> was</c><00:33:54.019><c> a</c><00:33:54.140><c> sinner.</c><00:33:54.480><c> But</c><00:33:54.619><c> in</c>

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.559
order<00:33:54.859><c> to</c><00:33:54.980><c> get</c><00:33:55.119><c> out</c><00:33:55.319><c> of</c><00:33:55.400><c> that</c>

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:59.339
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had<00:33:59.519><c> another</c><00:33:59.900><c> formula</c><00:34:00.460><c> for</c>

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creating<00:34:01.099><c> it.</c><00:34:02.119><c> And</c><00:34:02.279><c> that</c><00:34:02.440><c> formula</c><00:34:02.779><c> was</c><00:34:03.339><c> that</c><00:34:03.799><c> if</c><00:34:04.039><c> your</c><00:34:04.339><c> good</c>

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.519
works<00:34:05.279><c> exceeded</c><00:34:06.359><c> your</c><00:34:06.680><c> evil</c><00:34:06.980><c> works,</c>

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:10.280
then<00:34:08.059><c> you</c><00:34:08.239><c> were</c><00:34:08.400><c> righteous.</c><00:34:09.119><c> Simple</c><00:34:09.500><c> as</c><00:34:09.679><c> that.</c><00:34:09.800><c> Get</c><00:34:09.920><c> the</c><00:34:10.119><c> beam</c>

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:12.260
balance.<00:34:11.320><c> Simple</c><00:34:11.559><c> beam</c><00:34:11.820><c> balance.</c>

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:15.139
Good<00:34:12.940><c> works</c><00:34:13.320><c> in</c><00:34:13.539><c> this</c><00:34:13.760><c> dish,</c><00:34:13.980><c> bad</c><00:34:14.159><c> works</c><00:34:14.340><c> in</c><00:34:14.440><c> that</c><00:34:14.599><c> dish.</c><00:34:14.960><c> If</c>

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.420
the<00:34:15.360><c> good</c><00:34:15.519><c> works</c><00:34:15.780><c> exceed</c><00:34:16.199><c> the</c>

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:19.039
bad<00:34:16.619><c> work,</c><00:34:16.860><c> so</c><00:34:16.960><c> they</c><00:34:17.059><c> go</c><00:34:17.239><c> down</c><00:34:17.599><c> like</c><00:34:17.920><c> that,</c><00:34:18.039><c> they</c><00:34:18.199><c> are</c><00:34:18.460><c> heavier,</c><00:34:18.900><c> they</c>

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.219
are<00:34:19.400><c> weightier,</c><00:34:19.760><c> they</c><00:34:19.960><c> are</c>

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:25.840
heavier<00:34:20.219><c> than</c><00:34:21.059><c> you</c><00:34:21.320><c> are</c><00:34:21.639><c> righteous</c><00:34:22.099><c> by</c><00:34:22.420><c> the</c><00:34:22.579><c> law.</c><00:34:25.219><c> Of</c><00:34:25.579><c> course</c>

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:27.260
it's<00:34:26.219><c> got</c><00:34:26.380><c> a</c><00:34:26.500><c> very</c><00:34:26.800><c> subjective</c>

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:32.199
approach<00:34:27.659><c> to</c><00:34:27.880><c> it,</c><00:34:29.519><c> because</c><00:34:29.619><c> who</c><00:34:29.840><c> knows</c><00:34:30.579><c> what</c><00:34:31.519><c> good</c><00:34:31.780><c> works</c><00:34:32.039><c> and</c>

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:35.219
bad<00:34:32.460><c> works</c><00:34:32.699><c> are</c><00:34:32.920><c> done.</c><00:34:34.739><c> All</c><00:34:35.039><c> the</c>

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:37.699
bad<00:34:35.420><c> works</c><00:34:35.679><c> are</c><00:34:35.900><c> done</c><00:34:36.000><c> in</c><00:34:36.199><c> a</c><00:34:36.340><c> secret</c><00:34:36.539><c> corner,</c><00:34:37.119><c> in</c><00:34:37.239><c> the</c><00:34:37.420><c> closet,</c>

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.320
away<00:34:38.039><c> from</c><00:34:38.219><c> the</c><00:34:38.360><c> main</c><00:34:38.500><c> public</c><00:34:38.880><c> eye,</c>

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not<00:34:39.800><c> ready</c><00:34:40.159><c> for</c><00:34:40.639><c> scrutiny</c><00:34:41.000><c> or</c><00:34:41.380><c> speculation.</c><00:34:42.900><c> The</c><00:34:43.079><c> righteous</c>

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:45.260
works<00:34:43.840><c> are</c><00:34:44.300><c> done</c><00:34:44.460><c> when</c><00:34:44.880><c> they</c>

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:48.059
would<00:34:45.500><c> walk</c><00:34:45.780><c> out,</c><00:34:46.179><c> put</c><00:34:46.280><c> on</c><00:34:46.460><c> their</c><00:34:46.780><c> fine</c><00:34:47.079><c> garments,</c><00:34:47.679><c> walk</c><00:34:47.880><c> up</c>

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to<00:34:48.219><c> the</c><00:34:48.360><c> temple,</c><00:34:49.000><c> cast</c><00:34:49.340><c> in</c>

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sprinkling<00:34:49.980><c> money,</c><00:34:50.659><c> down</c><00:34:50.800><c> into</c><00:34:51.059><c> a</c><00:34:51.239><c> great</c><00:34:51.519><c> clang,</c><00:34:51.920><c> clang,</c><00:34:52.139><c> clang,</c><00:34:52.440><c> clang</c><00:34:52.719><c> as</c>

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.260
they<00:34:52.940><c> went</c><00:34:53.000><c> to</c><00:34:53.099><c> the</c>

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treasury<00:34:53.519><c> and</c><00:34:53.739><c> say,</c><00:34:54.119><c> there</c><00:34:54.239><c> you</c><00:34:54.460><c> are,</c><00:34:54.659><c> I'll</c><00:34:54.800><c> put</c><00:34:54.900><c> in</c><00:34:54.980><c> more</c><00:34:55.139><c> money</c><00:34:55.360><c> than</c><00:34:55.480><c> you</c>

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have.<00:34:56.219><c> They</c><00:34:56.420><c> just</c>

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figure<00:34:56.780><c> their</c><00:34:57.039><c> faces,</c><00:34:57.440><c> they</c><00:34:57.599><c> make</c><00:34:57.739><c> it</c><00:34:57.860><c> look</c><00:34:57.960><c> as</c><00:34:58.099><c> if</c><00:34:58.139><c> they've</c>

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.159
been<00:34:58.480><c> fasting</c><00:34:58.820><c> when</c><00:34:58.980><c> in</c><00:34:59.079><c> fact</c>

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:01.119
they've<00:34:59.360><c> been</c><00:34:59.480><c> eating</c><00:34:59.619><c> nice</c><00:34:59.880><c> roast</c><00:35:00.079><c> turkey</c><00:35:00.340><c> all</c><00:35:00.599><c> week.</c><00:35:01.000><c> And</c>

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.139
they<00:35:01.260><c> go</c><00:35:01.460><c> into</c><00:35:01.579><c> the</c><00:35:01.780><c> temple</c><00:35:01.960><c> and</c>

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:05.639
say,<00:35:02.460><c> look</c><00:35:02.699><c> at</c><00:35:02.960><c> me,</c><00:35:03.880><c> I've</c><00:35:04.239><c> been</c><00:35:04.360><c> doing</c><00:35:04.500><c> more</c><00:35:04.960><c> things</c><00:35:05.260><c> for</c><00:35:05.480><c> God</c>

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.860
than<00:35:05.760><c> what</c><00:35:05.980><c> you</c><00:35:06.260><c> have.</c><00:35:06.639><c> And</c>

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:10.360
then<00:35:07.039><c> they</c><00:35:07.340><c> say,</c><00:35:08.219><c> I</c><00:35:08.219><c> thank</c><00:35:08.599><c> you</c><00:35:08.880><c> God,</c><00:35:09.019><c> I'm</c><00:35:09.300><c> not</c><00:35:09.460><c> like</c><00:35:09.619><c> that</c><00:35:09.920><c> public</c><00:35:10.199><c> and</c>

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that<00:35:10.679><c> sinner</c><00:35:10.840><c> down</c>

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:15.579
there.<00:35:11.639><c> These</c><00:35:11.900><c> were</c><00:35:12.099><c> righteous</c><00:35:12.519><c> people,</c><00:35:13.440><c> subjectively</c><00:35:14.079><c> righteous</c><00:35:14.500><c> people.</c><00:35:15.119><c> And</c><00:35:15.360><c> the</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:18.099
one<00:35:15.820><c> great</c><00:35:16.159><c> fallacy</c><00:35:16.539><c> of</c><00:35:16.719><c> this</c><00:35:16.920><c> system</c><00:35:17.199><c> was</c><00:35:17.480><c> that</c><00:35:17.699><c> it</c><00:35:17.820><c> was</c><00:35:17.980><c> not</c>

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.320
only<00:35:18.300><c> subjective</c><00:35:18.900><c> but</c><00:35:19.219><c> it</c>

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:24.579
was<00:35:19.460><c> very</c><00:35:19.820><c> human</c><00:35:20.539><c> because</c><00:35:21.460><c> they</c><00:35:23.360><c> happen</c><00:35:23.599><c> to</c><00:35:23.860><c> have</c><00:35:24.000><c> a</c><00:35:24.239><c> rather</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.679
good<00:35:24.920><c> memory</c><00:35:25.639><c> for</c><00:35:26.380><c> the</c><00:35:26.519><c> acts</c>

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:31.699
of<00:35:26.960><c> righteousness</c><00:35:27.539><c> and</c><00:35:28.780><c> an</c><00:35:29.079><c> incredibly</c><00:35:29.500><c> bad</c><00:35:30.099><c> memory</c><00:35:30.900><c> for</c><00:35:31.519><c> the</c>

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:35.219
things<00:35:31.880><c> they</c><00:35:32.099><c> did</c><00:35:32.320><c> wrong.</c><00:35:34.920><c> And</c>

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:38.699
so<00:35:35.340><c> they</c><00:35:35.519><c> only</c><00:35:35.820><c> thought</c><00:35:36.079><c> about</c><00:35:36.360><c> the</c><00:35:36.619><c> committed</c><00:35:36.900><c> acts</c><00:35:37.280><c> of</c><00:35:37.559><c> righteousness</c><00:35:38.159><c> and</c>

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.239
not<00:35:38.840><c> all</c><00:35:39.039><c> the</c>

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:41.760
sins<00:35:39.440><c> of</c><00:35:39.760><c> omission,</c><00:35:40.360><c> the</c><00:35:40.559><c> things</c><00:35:40.800><c> they</c><00:35:41.059><c> didn't</c><00:35:41.260><c> do</c><00:35:41.500><c> that</c><00:35:41.599><c> they</c>

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:43.139
should<00:35:41.940><c> have</c><00:35:42.159><c> done.</c><00:35:42.659><c> So</c><00:35:42.900><c> a</c>

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:45.880
person<00:35:43.420><c> would</c><00:35:43.639><c> make</c><00:35:43.760><c> himself</c><00:35:44.119><c> righteous</c><00:35:44.559><c> by</c><00:35:44.820><c> the</c><00:35:45.000><c> law</c><00:35:45.219><c> simply</c>

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:47.900
because<00:35:46.599><c> he</c><00:35:47.099><c> had</c><00:35:47.300><c> a</c><00:35:47.699><c> better</c>

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:50.260
memory<00:35:48.199><c> for</c><00:35:48.400><c> his</c><00:35:48.579><c> good</c><00:35:48.780><c> works</c><00:35:48.960><c> and</c><00:35:49.119><c> his</c><00:35:49.320><c> bad</c><00:35:49.480><c> works</c><00:35:49.699><c> and</c><00:35:50.000><c> he</c>

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.059
called<00:35:50.360><c> himself</c><00:35:50.719><c> righteous.</c>

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:54.800
Paul<00:35:51.500><c> said</c><00:35:51.719><c> by</c><00:35:51.960><c> the</c><00:35:52.099><c> law,</c><00:35:52.420><c> by</c><00:35:52.619><c> that</c><00:35:52.920><c> criteria</c><00:35:53.519><c> of</c><00:35:53.780><c> judgment,</c><00:35:54.440><c> I</c>

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:57.940
was<00:35:55.219><c> blameless.</c><00:35:57.619><c> Nobody</c>

00:35:57.940 --> 00:36:01.400
convicted<00:35:58.360><c> him</c><00:35:58.579><c> of</c><00:35:58.739><c> sin.</c><00:35:59.739><c> He</c><00:35:59.920><c> was</c><00:36:00.179><c> marching</c><00:36:00.500><c> the</c><00:36:00.760><c> front</c><00:36:01.019><c> line</c><00:36:01.199><c> of</c>

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:04.780
Judaizers,<00:36:02.260><c> persecuting</c><00:36:02.900><c> the</c><00:36:03.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:03.420><c> everywhere,</c><00:36:04.320><c> taking</c><00:36:04.539><c> the</c>

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.300
letters<00:36:04.960><c> of</c><00:36:05.139><c> the</c>

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:08.079
high<00:36:05.539><c> priest,</c><00:36:06.000><c> advancing</c><00:36:06.480><c> Judaism</c><00:36:07.000><c> in</c><00:36:07.159><c> its</c><00:36:07.380><c> purity,</c><00:36:07.920><c> getting</c>

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.360
rid<00:36:08.280><c> of</c><00:36:08.420><c> these</c><00:36:08.619><c> Gentiles</c><00:36:09.159><c> out</c>

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:12.820
of<00:36:09.579><c> concern</c><00:36:09.840><c> with</c><00:36:10.000><c> Israel.</c><00:36:10.579><c> And</c><00:36:10.920><c> so</c><00:36:11.119><c> he</c><00:36:11.300><c> went</c><00:36:11.420><c> on.</c><00:36:11.579><c> He</c><00:36:11.719><c> was</c><00:36:12.039><c> blameless.</c><00:36:12.659><c> He</c>

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.610
was<00:36:13.079><c> a</c><00:36:13.260><c> man</c><00:36:13.380><c> with</c>

00:36:13.610 --> 00:36:21.730
enormous<00:36:14.469><c> Jewish</c><00:36:15.010><c> religious</c><00:36:15.610><c> credentials.</c><00:36:17.730><c> But</c><00:36:17.909><c> he</c><00:36:18.050><c> said,</c><00:36:18.289><c> all</c><00:36:18.469><c> these</c><00:36:18.710><c> things</c><00:36:19.230><c> I</c><00:36:20.690><c> counted</c>

00:36:21.849 --> 00:36:26.590
as<00:36:22.369><c> nothing.</c><00:36:22.989><c> He</c><00:36:23.250><c> says,</c><00:36:23.809><c> they</c><00:36:23.989><c> were</c><00:36:24.210><c> not</c><00:36:24.449><c> gains</c><00:36:24.789><c> to</c><00:36:25.070><c> me.</c><00:36:25.829><c> He</c><00:36:26.110><c> said,</c><00:36:26.269><c> I</c>

00:36:26.590 --> 00:36:27.929
counted<00:36:26.869><c> them</c><00:36:27.050><c> as</c><00:36:27.469><c> loss</c><00:36:27.670><c> for</c>

00:36:27.929 --> 00:36:33.349
Christ<00:36:28.349><c> in</c><00:36:28.590><c> verse</c><00:36:28.889><c> 7.</c><00:36:30.789><c> Yea</c><00:36:30.969><c> doubtless.</c><00:36:31.969><c> And</c><00:36:32.130><c> I</c><00:36:32.329><c> count</c><00:36:32.469><c> all</c><00:36:32.889><c> things</c><00:36:33.090><c> but</c>

00:36:33.349 --> 00:36:34.050
loss<00:36:33.550><c> for</c><00:36:33.750><c> the</c>

00:36:34.050 --> 00:36:36.250
excellency<00:36:34.369><c> of</c><00:36:34.510><c> the</c><00:36:34.670><c> knowledge</c><00:36:34.849><c> of</c><00:36:35.050><c> Christ</c><00:36:35.329><c> Jesus</c><00:36:35.650><c> my</c><00:36:35.909><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:36.510 --> 00:36:37.449
for<00:36:36.670><c> whom</c><00:36:36.849><c> I</c><00:36:37.030><c> have</c><00:36:37.269><c> suffered</c>

00:36:37.449 --> 00:36:40.849
the<00:36:37.670><c> loss</c><00:36:37.789><c> of</c><00:36:38.070><c> all</c><00:36:38.449><c> things.</c><00:36:39.010><c> And</c><00:36:39.289><c> I</c><00:36:39.369><c> do</c><00:36:39.530><c> count</c><00:36:39.710><c> them</c><00:36:39.929><c> but</c><00:36:40.389><c> dung</c>

00:36:40.849 --> 00:36:43.030
that<00:36:41.150><c> I</c><00:36:41.349><c> may</c><00:36:41.570><c> win</c><00:36:42.150><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:43.730 --> 00:36:50.170
I<00:36:44.210><c> counted</c><00:36:44.690><c> them</c><00:36:44.909><c> as</c><00:36:45.170><c> dung,</c><00:36:46.750><c> fit</c><00:36:46.909><c> for</c><00:36:47.130><c> the</c><00:36:47.289><c> dung</c><00:36:47.510><c> heap.</c><00:36:49.909><c> It</c><00:36:49.949><c> was</c>

00:36:50.170 --> 00:36:52.070
not<00:36:50.309><c> his</c><00:36:50.570><c> academic</c><00:36:51.190><c> qualifications,</c>

00:36:52.369 --> 00:36:56.989
his<00:36:52.570><c> knowledge</c><00:36:52.949><c> of</c><00:36:53.570><c> the</c><00:36:53.889><c> law</c><00:36:54.170><c> of</c><00:36:54.510><c> Rome,</c><00:36:54.909><c> his</c><00:36:55.130><c> learning</c><00:36:55.449><c> of</c><00:36:55.730><c> Greek</c><00:36:55.969><c> literature</c><00:36:56.510><c> and</c><00:36:56.769><c> letters.</c>

00:36:57.230 --> 00:36:59.610
They<00:36:57.409><c> were</c><00:36:57.610><c> not</c><00:36:57.769><c> the</c><00:36:57.929><c> things</c><00:36:58.050><c> he</c><00:36:58.289><c> counted</c><00:36:58.469><c> as</c><00:36:58.670><c> dung.</c><00:36:58.849><c> He</c><00:36:59.110><c> used</c>

00:36:59.610 --> 00:37:01.389
those<00:37:00.349><c> efficiently</c><00:37:01.090><c> and</c>

00:37:01.389 --> 00:37:04.269
effectively<00:37:01.769><c> in</c><00:37:01.969><c> his</c><00:37:02.170><c> service.</c><00:37:02.670><c> His</c><00:37:02.909><c> knowledge</c><00:37:03.250><c> of</c><00:37:03.550><c> language,</c><00:37:03.969><c> speaking</c>

00:37:04.269 --> 00:37:05.230
in<00:37:04.610><c> Greek</c><00:37:04.750><c> and</c><00:37:05.010><c> in</c>

00:37:05.230 --> 00:37:09.110
Hebrew<00:37:05.449><c> to</c><00:37:05.630><c> his</c><00:37:05.929><c> accusers.</c><00:37:06.449><c> This</c><00:37:06.670><c> was</c><00:37:06.909><c> all</c><00:37:07.150><c> part</c><00:37:07.289><c> of</c><00:37:07.409><c> an</c><00:37:07.590><c> education</c><00:37:08.050><c> outside</c><00:37:08.909><c> that</c>

00:37:09.110 --> 00:37:09.409
of<00:37:09.230><c> his</c>

00:37:09.409 --> 00:37:12.230
religious<00:37:09.769><c> education.</c><00:37:10.690><c> It</c><00:37:10.710><c> was</c><00:37:10.909><c> his</c><00:37:11.150><c> doctors</c><00:37:11.510><c> of</c><00:37:11.789><c> divinity,</c>

00:37:12.489 --> 00:37:13.969
his<00:37:12.750><c> bachelor</c><00:37:13.250><c> of</c><00:37:13.489><c> divinity</c><00:37:13.829><c> that</c>

00:37:13.969 --> 00:37:19.369
he<00:37:14.190><c> denied.</c><00:37:16.010><c> It</c><00:37:16.190><c> was</c><00:37:16.389><c> his</c><00:37:16.630><c> religious</c><00:37:17.050><c> education.</c><00:37:18.030><c> The</c><00:37:18.349><c> fact</c><00:37:18.550><c> that</c><00:37:18.730><c> he</c><00:37:18.889><c> had</c><00:37:19.030><c> a</c>

00:37:19.369 --> 00:37:20.789
degree<00:37:19.829><c> in</c><00:37:20.349><c> divinity,</c>

00:37:21.170 --> 00:37:24.869
a<00:37:21.389><c> doctor</c><00:37:21.710><c> in</c><00:37:21.929><c> this</c><00:37:22.130><c> area.</c><00:37:22.789><c> He</c><00:37:23.030><c> was</c><00:37:23.369><c> a</c><00:37:23.570><c> man</c><00:37:23.789><c> established</c><00:37:24.389><c> as</c><00:37:24.630><c> a</c>

00:37:24.869 --> 00:37:25.849
great<00:37:25.070><c> leader</c><00:37:25.449><c> and</c><00:37:25.670><c> a</c>

00:37:25.849 --> 00:37:29.050
righteous<00:37:26.230><c> man</c><00:37:26.469><c> in</c><00:37:26.650><c> the</c><00:37:26.789><c> Jewish</c><00:37:27.050><c> household</c><00:37:27.550><c> benefiting</c><00:37:28.190><c> above</c><00:37:28.590><c> many</c>

00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:29.829
of<00:37:29.210><c> his</c><00:37:29.389><c> own</c><00:37:29.610><c> equals</c>

00:37:29.829 --> 00:37:34.030
in<00:37:30.050><c> the</c><00:37:30.190><c> Jewish</c><00:37:30.369><c> religion.</c><00:37:31.849><c> Youngest</c><00:37:32.190><c> member</c><00:37:32.369><c> of</c><00:37:32.550><c> the</c><00:37:32.670><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:37:33.050><c> council</c><00:37:33.489><c> that</c><00:37:33.650><c> probably</c>

00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:40.849
had.<00:37:36.130><c> He</c><00:37:36.610><c> counted</c><00:37:36.829><c> all</c><00:37:37.130><c> that</c><00:37:37.510><c> as</c><00:37:37.829><c> dung.</c><00:37:39.210><c> Dung</c><00:37:39.829><c> that</c><00:37:40.210><c> he</c><00:37:40.389><c> might</c>

00:37:40.849 --> 00:37:45.769
win<00:37:41.630><c> Christ.</c><00:37:44.849><c> But</c><00:37:45.090><c> there</c><00:37:45.269><c> were</c><00:37:45.329><c> those</c><00:37:45.630><c> in</c>

00:37:45.769 --> 00:37:49.949
the<00:37:45.949><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:46.389><c> who</c><00:37:46.570><c> are</c><00:37:46.829><c> flaunting</c><00:37:47.110><c> their</c><00:37:47.449><c> supposed</c><00:37:48.050><c> religious</c><00:37:48.849><c> credentials</c><00:37:49.449><c> why</c><00:37:49.730><c> they</c>

00:37:49.949 --> 00:37:52.789
should<00:37:50.130><c> be</c><00:37:50.349><c> listened</c><00:37:50.570><c> to</c><00:37:50.909><c> and</c><00:37:51.250><c> others</c><00:37:51.590><c> should</c><00:37:51.849><c> be</c><00:37:52.090><c> denied</c><00:37:52.449><c> any</c>

00:37:52.789 --> 00:37:54.190
hearing<00:37:53.110><c> or</c><00:37:53.489><c> consideration</c>

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their<00:38:28.429><c> own</c><00:38:28.710><c> salvation</c><00:38:29.510><c> is</c><00:38:29.849><c> at</c>

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stake.<00:38:31.489><c> We</c><00:38:32.010><c> don't</c><00:38:32.349><c> call</c><00:38:32.590><c> rank</c><00:38:32.829><c> like</c><00:38:33.170><c> that.</c><00:38:34.530><c> We</c><00:38:34.710><c> must</c><00:38:35.050><c> serve</c>

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each<00:38:35.590><c> other</c><00:38:36.150><c> humbly.</c><00:38:37.170><c> Believing</c>

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and<00:38:38.050><c> esteeming</c><00:38:38.670><c> each</c><00:38:38.849><c> other</c><00:38:39.190><c> better</c><00:38:39.710><c> than</c><00:38:39.889><c> ourselves</c><00:38:40.389><c> to</c><00:38:40.610><c> be.</c>

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That's<00:38:41.289><c> what</c><00:38:41.489><c> the</c><00:38:41.690><c> apostle</c>

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Paul<00:38:42.230><c> is</c><00:38:42.389><c> on</c><00:38:42.530><c> about</c><00:38:42.809><c> and</c><00:38:43.110><c> that's</c><00:38:43.369><c> why</c><00:38:43.510><c> he</c><00:38:43.710><c> reminds</c><00:38:44.170><c> us</c><00:38:44.389><c> that</c><00:38:44.510><c> if</c>

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over<00:38:53.070><c> these</c>

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always<00:38:58.530><c> doing</c>

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return<00:39:01.409><c> again</c><00:39:01.889><c> to</c><00:39:02.250><c> consider</c><00:39:02.630><c> the</c>

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to<00:39:08.030><c> our</c><00:39:08.309><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:08.969><c> with</c>

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him.<00:39:09.889><c> Look</c><00:39:10.110><c> at</c><00:39:10.289><c> verse</c><00:39:10.550><c> 10.</c><00:39:11.389><c> This</c><00:39:11.610><c> is</c><00:39:11.849><c> powerful</c><00:39:12.309><c> this</c><00:39:12.570><c> is.</c><00:39:13.750><c> He</c><00:39:14.070><c> says</c><00:39:14.289><c> that</c><00:39:14.489><c> I</c>

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may<00:39:15.389><c> know</c><00:39:15.849><c> him</c>

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Christ<00:39:17.030><c> and</c><00:39:18.530><c> the</c><00:39:19.030><c> power</c><00:39:19.389><c> of</c><00:39:20.090><c> his</c><00:39:20.570><c> resurrection</c><00:39:21.150><c> and</c><00:39:21.769><c> the</c><00:39:22.010><c> fellowship</c><00:39:22.389><c> of</c>

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I<00:39:31.909><c> might</c><00:39:32.210><c> advance</c><00:39:33.250><c> unto</c><00:39:33.909><c> the</c>

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resurrection<00:39:35.190><c> of</c><00:39:35.429><c> the</c><00:39:35.590><c> dead</c><00:39:36.130><c> and</c><00:39:37.769><c> he</c><00:39:37.949><c> says</c><00:39:38.230><c> and</c><00:39:38.570><c> not</c><00:39:38.690><c> as</c><00:39:38.889><c> though</c><00:39:39.030><c> I'd</c><00:39:39.150><c> already</c><00:39:39.429><c> got</c><00:39:39.670><c> it</c><00:39:39.889><c> I</c>

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haven't<00:39:40.489><c> already</c><00:39:40.869><c> caught</c><00:39:41.130><c> hold</c><00:39:41.429><c> of</c><00:39:41.570><c> this</c><00:39:41.750><c> great</c><00:39:42.110><c> resurrection</c><00:39:42.630><c> to</c><00:39:42.869><c> glory.</c>

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He<00:39:43.170><c> says</c><00:39:43.289><c> it's</c>

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not<00:39:43.789><c> mine</c><00:39:44.349><c> either</c><00:39:45.429><c> we're</c><00:39:45.909><c> already</c><00:39:46.389><c> perfect</c><00:39:46.909><c> I'm</c><00:39:47.230><c> not</c><00:39:47.449><c> I'm</c><00:39:47.869><c> not</c>

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entirely<00:39:48.429><c> mature</c><00:39:48.829><c> in</c><00:39:48.969><c> this</c>

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matter<00:39:49.329><c> I</c><00:39:49.750><c> haven't</c><00:39:50.030><c> reached</c><00:39:50.329><c> full</c><00:39:50.690><c> age</c><00:39:51.030><c> of</c><00:39:51.269><c> righteousness</c><00:39:51.730><c> but</c><00:39:52.369><c> he</c>

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Christ<00:40:07.130><c> Jesus</c><00:40:07.730><c> brethren</c><00:40:08.250><c> I</c><00:40:08.849><c> count</c><00:40:09.050><c> not</c><00:40:09.190><c> myself</c><00:40:09.570><c> to</c><00:40:09.769><c> have</c><00:40:09.949><c> caught</c><00:40:10.070><c> this</c>

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yet<00:40:10.570><c> I</c><00:40:11.130><c> haven't</c><00:40:11.570><c> got</c><00:40:11.849><c> my</c>

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things<00:40:17.590><c> which</c><00:40:17.789><c> are</c>

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behind<00:40:18.429><c> and</c><00:40:19.090><c> reaching</c><00:40:19.469><c> forth</c><00:40:19.949><c> to</c><00:40:20.130><c> those</c><00:40:20.309><c> things</c><00:40:20.530><c> which</c><00:40:20.730><c> are</c><00:40:20.889><c> before</c><00:40:21.409><c> I</c>

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press<00:40:22.849><c> towards</c>

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of<00:40:30.610><c> the</c><00:40:30.929><c> high</c><00:40:31.349><c> calling</c><00:40:31.710><c> of</c><00:40:32.130><c> God</c>

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in<00:40:33.409><c> Christ</c><00:40:33.929><c> Jesus</c><00:40:34.710><c> what</c><00:40:36.130><c> a</c><00:40:36.389><c> wonderful</c><00:40:36.769><c> picture</c><00:40:37.170><c> he</c><00:40:37.369><c> draws</c><00:40:37.610><c> here</c><00:40:38.650><c> he</c>

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this<00:40:42.409><c> that</c><00:40:43.489><c> I</c><00:40:43.730><c> might</c><00:40:43.869><c> know</c><00:40:44.050><c> the</c><00:40:44.469><c> power</c><00:40:44.730><c> of</c><00:40:44.989><c> his</c><00:40:45.210><c> resurrection</c>

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now<00:40:45.949><c> what's</c><00:40:46.150><c> that</c><00:40:46.269><c> what's</c><00:40:46.590><c> he</c>

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saying<00:40:46.849><c> there</c><00:40:47.190><c> what</c><00:40:47.530><c> he</c><00:40:47.750><c> is</c><00:40:47.909><c> saying</c><00:40:48.070><c> is</c><00:40:48.489><c> the</c><00:40:48.889><c> resurrection</c>

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has<00:40:49.710><c> two</c><00:40:50.150><c> powerful</c><00:40:50.670><c> influences</c>

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on<00:40:51.250><c> a</c><00:40:51.389><c> person</c><00:40:52.030><c> remember</c><00:40:54.010><c> in</c><00:40:54.150><c> the</c><00:40:54.269><c> first</c><00:40:54.449><c> case</c><00:40:54.969><c> where</c><00:40:55.230><c> the</c><00:40:55.349><c> Apostle</c><00:40:55.690><c> Paul</c>

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writing<00:40:56.050><c> to</c><00:40:56.230><c> the</c>

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Romans<00:40:56.570><c> says</c><00:40:57.110><c> that</c><00:40:58.030><c> they</c><00:40:58.250><c> that</c><00:40:58.389><c> have</c><00:40:58.489><c> been</c><00:40:58.710><c> raised</c><00:40:59.190><c> with</c><00:40:59.429><c> Christ</c><00:41:00.050><c> are</c>

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those<00:41:00.829><c> that</c><00:41:00.949><c> have</c>

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died<00:41:01.269><c> with</c><00:41:01.469><c> Christ</c><00:41:02.130><c> and</c><00:41:02.889><c> he</c><00:41:03.030><c> makes</c><00:41:03.150><c> it</c><00:41:03.369><c> clear</c><00:41:03.449><c> in</c><00:41:03.610><c> his</c><00:41:04.329><c> his</c><00:41:04.469><c> excitation</c><00:41:05.190><c> when</c><00:41:05.550><c> he</c>

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goes<00:41:05.949><c> through</c>

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to<00:41:06.269><c> say</c><00:41:06.369><c> if</c><00:41:06.590><c> you've</c><00:41:06.789><c> been</c><00:41:06.969><c> buried</c><00:41:07.210><c> together</c><00:41:07.469><c> with</c><00:41:07.690><c> Christ</c><00:41:07.949><c> in</c>

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his<00:41:08.269><c> death</c><00:41:08.409><c> you</c><00:41:08.570><c> should</c><00:41:08.670><c> be</c>

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raised<00:41:13.690><c> from</c><00:41:13.869><c> the</c><00:41:14.050><c> dead</c>

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